Beatrice looked at the papers, then at David.

“What does a filing have to do with our place in the family?”

“It has to do with the explanation you gave me,” I said.

The legal answer came separately.

David provided the approved allocation material and the executed charitable documents.

The parental demand did not acquire standing because the amount was large or their bills were urgent.

The basis they advanced did not support the share they were asking for.

The foundation’s restrictions were real, but they were not a declaration that every trust in the world was impossible to challenge.